"dee" > wrote in message
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> This reminds me, a fond memory.
>
> My family visited a temple. And they had vegetarian food. One of
> those is sweet black seasame soup (it's sweet, black, and with
> consistency like tomato soup)
>
> Anyway, I was little then, looked at it, thought gosh, blo*dy hell not
> gonna eat that! That black stuff!
>
> My mum said, "you must at least try! Just one spoonful, and if you
> don't like it, then you don't have to eat it anymore."
>
> I was glad she said I didn't have to eat it if I tried and did not like
> it! So I did, and I loved it!
>

My son was the opposite, sort of. He'd eat ugly food just to get a rise out
of his mother, mostly. The first time I ordered mussels in a restaurant, she
did her usual "Yucky" routine. That was my son's cue to try a mussel, which
he'd never had before (age 4-ish). He then asked if he could have them all.
I ordered more. :-)